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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission: Launch Prep | European Space Agency

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission: Launch Prep | European Space Agency








The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons—Ganymede, Callisto and Europa—with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. The mission will characterize these moons as both planetary objects and possible habitats, explore Jupiter’s complex environment in depth, and study the wider Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants across the Universe.
The launch is scheduled for no earlier than April 13, 2023.

Follow the JUICE Mission: www.esa.int/juice

Launch location: Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America

Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 rocket

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission will complement the European Space Agency's JUICE Mission. JUICE will fly-by Europa twice and Callisto multiple times before moving into orbit around Ganymede.

Image Credits: European Space Agency/M. Pédoussaut/CNES/Arianespace 

Image Dates: March 24-April 6, 2023

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